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MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A suspected drone strike in central Somalia killed five civilians and three al Shabaab militants, two local leaders said on Friday, after the fighters sought refuge in a house compound containing a family. Diverging accounts of the incident emerged, with Somalia’s state broadcaster reporting that a woman and two children were killed by a landmine the militants had hidden in a house in the village of El-Lahelay […]

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss and Samuel Indyk NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar fell on Friday, consolidating gains racked up during the week on better-than-expected U.S. economic data, but the underlying strong trend remained amid stable consumer and labor markets, which have kept the chances of another interest rate increase this year. Despite Friday’s fall, the greenback was headed for eight straight weeks of gains, the longest such streak since 2014. […]

(Reuters) – Power prices soared in Texas this week as the state’s electric grid operator passed another reliability test after urging homes and businesses to conserve energy during a brutal heat wave for a second day in a row on Thursday. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which operates the grid for more than 26 million customers, said it expected to have more power available on Friday than Thursday […]

By Nandita Bose NEW DELHI (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden headed into a closed-door meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, shortly after arriving in New Delhi for a G20 summit over the weekend. As Biden and Modi met at the Prime Minister’s residence, the U.S. press corps was sequestered in a van, out of eyesight of the two leaders – an unusual situation for the reporters and […]

By Johannes Birkebaek and Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN, Sep 8 (Reuters) – A Copenhagen court heard final arguments on Friday in the case of a man imprisoned over Islamic State ties who says he was an undercover informant for Denmark’s intelligence services. Ahmed Samsam, a Danish national of Syrian origin, was arrested in Spain in 2017 and sentenced to serve eight years. Transferred to a Danish prison in 2020, the 33-year-old […]

In the 2 Years Since Tunisia’s Seized Control, the Country’s Economic Situation Continues To Deteriorate IMF loans stall as Saied rebuffs its demands for reform; meanwhile, Europe offers aid to buy influence By Debbie Mohnblatt/The Media Line This month marks two years since Tunisian President Kais Saied, in an effort to consolidate his grip on power, issued Decree 117. The decree came two months after he dismissed the prime minister […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House will announce on Friday $26 million in new funding to improve U.S. aviation safety after a series of potentially catastrophic near miss incidents this year, officials told Reuters. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will spend $10 million to improve controller situational awareness and reduce runway close-calls by deploying surface surveillance systems to additional airports. Last month, there was a near collision in August between a […]

By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – The final report from a special grand jury that investigated Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 presidential election is due to be released on Friday, weeks after the former U.S. president and 18 associates were indicted. The report, which has remained sealed for nine months, includes the grand jury’s recommendations to prosecutors on whom to charge. The document could show whether the jurors felt […]

By Nandita Bose NEW DELHI (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden was headed into a closed-door meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday shortly after arriving in New Delhi to participate in a G20 summit over the weekend. Biden and Modi last met face-to-face in June when the Indian prime minister was the guest of a White House state visit. The two leaders are expected to discuss progress […]